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<blockquote data-quote="Thomas Shey" data-source="post: 9771311" data-attributes="member: 7026617">Again, the problem you're missing that in some groups this isn't disruptive.&nbsp; Its what they do during play.&nbsp; Note upthread [USER=205]@TwoSix[/USER] mentioned that's like 80% of his game play.&nbsp; Even the spotlight hogs are often just something that happens some of the time that other players just take as part of the gig.A lot of this stuff isn't perceived as bad behavior.I'm going to mention again that at least the first part of that is not a given in any way.&nbsp; There are plenty of games where the GM &quot;controlling the table&quot; is not a priority and they still get by fine.&nbsp; Even if you insist on doing that at your table, you've really got to get over assuming its a law of nature.Again, leaping to conclusions that playing with strangers will automatically lead to problems.&nbsp; Seriously, it just doesn't follow.&nbsp; Frankly, I've seen as much problems from games with people playing with friends and family as I ever have with random mixes.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Thomas Shey, post: 9771311, member: 7026617"] Again, the problem you're missing that in some groups [I]this isn't disruptive[/I]. Its what [I]they do[/I] during play. Note upthread [USER=205]@TwoSix[/USER] mentioned that's like 80% of his game play. Even the spotlight hogs are often just something that happens some of the time that other players just take as part of the gig. A lot of this stuff isn't perceived as bad behavior. I'm going to mention again that at least the first part of that is not a given in any way. There are plenty of games where the GM "controlling the table" is not a priority and they still get by fine. Even if you insist on doing that at your table, you've really got to get over assuming its a law of nature. Again, leaping to conclusions that playing with strangers will automatically lead to problems. Seriously, it just doesn't follow. Frankly, I've seen as much problems from games with people playing with friends and family as I ever have with random mixes. [/QUOTE]

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